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Volt/Var: How Flattening Your Voltage Profile and Minimizing Your Var Flow Can Improve Your Bottom Line

2013-04-16 21:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World

This presentation will provide an overview into the Arizona Public Service Smart Distribution project, the scope of the project, project challenges, and project results. Learn more as our speakers, Dan Arden, global product director distribution automation, Cooper Power Systems, Deborah Sapp, senior program manager, Arizona Public Service, and Andrew Hanson, subject matter expert, Structure Group. Location Online Webinar United States See map: Google Maps The Business Case for Integrated Volt/Var Control – IVVC Utilities can manage distribution system voltage and var flow to reduce demand and energy consumption, and achieve significant energy savings while maintaining customer voltage power quality per established standards. The business benefits are a greater percentage of energy delivered to paying customers, deferment in investment in peaking generation plants and charges, and a reduction in the environmental impact of energy delivery. Arizona Public Service IVVC Smart Distribution Project: The business case for conservation voltage reduction is complex. Utilities save on the cost of fuel and emissions, and additional peak generation. Customers pay less for their electricity. The Distribution system is operated more efficiently. The purpose of Arizona Public Service project is to substantiate the operational benefits of 24/7 Demand Management through Integrated Voltage Var Control: Managing Voltage and VARs in the distribution system to settable targets while maintaining service level voltages within their power quality requirements. This presentation will provide an overview into the Arizona Public Service Smart Distribution project, the scope of the project, project challenges, and project results. Learn more as our speakers, Dan Arden, global product director distribution automation, Cooper Power Systems, Deborah Sapp, senior program manager, Arizona Public Service, and Andrew Hanson, subject matter expert, Structure Group, discuss: Delivering energy while minimizing losses and power factor penalties/costs. Supporting Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) events. Implementation of the Cooper Power Systems Yukon™ volt/var management software Results of the APS volt/var management pilot project. Get the insights you need to stay competitive. Sponsored by: read more

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The 404 1,250: Where we bet our bottom dollar (podcast)

2013-04-16 20:06:41| CNET News.com

Technology can be hard to understand unless it's put into context. Such is the case with today's 404 episode, where we'll talk about the Oculus Rift VR headset and the Internet Archive's historical software collection. [Read more]

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Will $4.50 Corn Bust Your Bottom Line?

2013-04-08 04:26:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Old-crop corn likely hasnt seen its bottom, even after a $1/bu. cave-in following the bearish grain stocks report March 28, warns Ed Usset, University of Minnesota grain marketing specialist. Ussets book, "Grain Marketing is Simple (it's just not easy)," examines the difficulties in knowing when to make grain sales. It couldnt be more relevant than now. read more

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US: Ralcorp hits ConAgra bottom line but core profits up

2013-04-03 17:37:02| Agriculture - Topix.net

Costs related to ConAgra Foods ' acquisition of US peer Ralcorp Holdings hit its bottom line in the third quarter of its financial year - although the company insisted underlying profits were up.

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